Card-case.



No. 647,680. Patented Apr. |7, l900.

J. M. MOTT.

CARD CASE.

(Application filed my 8, 1899) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

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Patented Apr. I7, 1900. J. m, MOTT.

CARD CASE.

(Application filed May 3, 1899.)

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(No Model.)

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NTTED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

JOIIN M. MOT'I, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CARD-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 647,680, dated April17, 1900. Application filed May 3, 1899. Serial No. 715,430. No model.)

T at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN M. MOTT, of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinCard-Cases: and Ido herebv declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

' This invention relates to an improvement in cases for holding thehands of cards designed to be used in the game of duplicate whist; andit consists of the matters more fully set forth, and defined in theappended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View showing one end and oneside of the said case. Fig. 2 is .a similar perspective View showing theend and side not shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3 3of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4 at of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is aperspective View of a card-carrier constituting a part of my invention.Fig. 6 is a perspective View of an inclosure forming an individualcard-pocket as employed in my invention. Fig. 7 is a View, partly brokenaway, of a deal-card as employed in my invention. Fig. 8 is a plan view,partly in section, illustrating a method of securing the card-carrier inthe case. Fig. 9 is a section taken on line 9 9 of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is avertical section of a case embodying my invention. Fig. 11 is a sectiontaken on line 11 11 of Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a longitudinal verticalsection of one of the compartments, showing the card-carrier at itsinnermost position. Fig. 13 is'a section taken on line 13 13 of Fig. 12.Fig. 14c is a rear elevation of the cardcarrier, other views of whichare shown in Figs. 8, 9, 12, and 13.

In the drawings, A indicates as a whole a card-case composed of fourindividual inclosures or pockets A, united each to each in such manneras to provide a case with four openings 1), 1), b and b on opposite endsand sides. Each of the said individual cardpockets is provided with acard-carrier O, which is secured within the said pocket in a manner toprevent its removal therefrom, but which admits of the same beingpartially withdrawn to receive the hand of cards when the areconstructed with integral end and top and bottom walls, and each is ofsufficient size to receive the one-fourth part of a pack of ordinaryplaying-cards. In the integral end walls of each inclosure is anaperture a, adapted to receive a check strap or tape or other suitablematerial, whereby a card-carrier is movably secured in each of the saidinclosures, as shown in Fig. 4. The said card-carriers O are constructedof a strip of manila-board or other suitable material, folded orbent toform a bottom part c, which is rectangular and similar in form to thebottom or top of one of said inclosures and slightly smaller than thesame, and a central or rear walla, which in height is slightly less thanthe walls of the said inclosures, and atop fold or wall 0 which isfolded over and when the carrier is inserted in the said inclosure orpocket is parallel to the bottom wall 0. A tape or ribbon c is pasted orotherwise secured longitudinally along the center of said carrier itsentire length. The outer end of said tape is looped to form a meanswhereby the same may be manually engaged to be with drawn from theinclosure. The central wall 0 of the said carrier, as shown in Figs. 4and 5, is notched or cut away at each end, so as to be shorter than thewidthof either the top or bottom wall thereof, and check strap or tape 0as herein shown, is secured to the front side of the said wall 0, andthe ends thereof are passed through the apertures a. a in the ends ofthe said inclosures and secured longitudinally upon the outer sidethereof by pasting, cementing, or otherwise. The ends of the saidcheck-strap are sufficiently long 1 within the said inclosures, however,to admit of the said carrier being pushed inwardly until its verticalwall comes in close contact with the inner wall of the case and topermit the outward movement of the said carrier to an extent sufficientto permit the same to be withdrawn about half out of the case. Theinclosures A, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, are united in two groups oftwo each to form the case A. Each of the said groups consists of aninclosure having integral end Walls and one having integral side wallsunited side by side in the line of their greatest length, thus form'-ing a group of two inclosures, the length there- .of equaling-the lengthof one of said inclocured about the .case and the said plates in such amanner as to provide but one opening into each inclosure.

As a further improvement a slide-aperture b is provided in said case, asshown in Fig.1, and a deal-card b bearing the deal-number,

is adapted to be inserted and concealed therein and provided with a tapeor pull b ,where- 1 by the same may be withdrawn therefrom.

As a modification of my invention the said a case may be constructed offour separate compartments lying one above the other, and alternatelyopening on the opposite ends of the case, as shown in Figs. 10 and 11.carrier may be secured therein, as shown in Figs. 8 to 14:, inclusive,in which the said card opposite end centrally to the middle part of theend of the bottom wall. The said checkstrap is left 'sufiiciently slackin each compartment to permit free movement of the card-carrier to anextent equal to that of the construction previously described. The saidcheck-strap is also secured at each end of the case by the alternate endclosures of the compartment, so that the same is thereby secured at eachend of each compartment, as clearly shown in Fig. 10. Obviously the saidcheckstrap (1 need not be one continuous piece extending through all ofsaid compartments; but separate pieces may be used, and such aconstruction is illustrated in Fig. 9 as applied to a card-case, twocompartments high and two wide, in which the check-strap d is shownsecured to the front top wall of the compartment and between the rearand top wall of the same.

The operationof my case is as follows: The

itis desired to fill the said case, the card-car rier is partiallywithdrawn and the desired hand of cards placed between the upper andlower walls thereof, and the carrier, with the cards, is pushed backinto the case. The size The cardofthe inclosure and the elasticity ofthe carrier is such as to provide pressure on the inner margin of thesaid hand of cards, and thereby hold the same within the said pocketuntil the same are desired to be withdrawn. A plurality of cases thusformed and each having a different deal-number and with the pockets thusfilled and each case difierently numbered are used in the same game.When the hands have .been played from the said case, they are returnedthereto, as before, thereby effectually concealing the cards andprotecting not only from observation, but from dust and dirt as well.

I claim as my invention- A 1. A card-case for the game of rotative whistcomprising a plurality of individual card-receptacles each provided withan opening, said receptacles being united in such manner that j theopenings are oppositely directed and a slide-aperture'in said case, adeal-card adapted to be inserted and concealed in said slideaperture andmeans for withdrawing said dealcard consisting of a part extendingbeyond the case and adapted to be man ually engaged.

, 2. A card-case for the game of rotative whist consisting of aplurality of individual card-receptacles opening oppositely to eachother a card-carrier in each receptacle, said card-carrier beingprovided with top and bottom walls, a rearend wall integraltherewith,-said cardcarrier having limited movement with respect to thereceptacle in which the same is contained.

3. A card-case for the game of rotative whist comprising a plurality ofcardreceptacles each provided with one opening, a card-carrier in eachof said receptacles havingtop and bottom walls, a rear wall integraltherewith and a check-strap .movably securing-each of said carriers tothe walls of its receptacles and acting to limit the movement thereofwith respect to the same.

4. Acard-case for the game of ro'tative whist said case having aplurality of oppositelyopening card-pockets, each of said pockets beingprovided with a card-carrier, means for limiting the movement of saidcard-carrier with respect to the case comprising a checkstrap connectingthe same with the wall of the pocket in which the same is inserted andmeans whereby the said carriers may be partially withdrawn from saidpockets.

5. A card-case for the game of rotative whist, said case consisting of aplurality of cardpockets, a card-carrier in each of said cardpockets,adapted to receive a hand of cards, said card-carrier being providedwith integral top, bottom and rear end walls, apertures through one ofsaid walls and the rear end consisting of a plurality of card-pocketsone above the other, card-carriers movably se cured in the receptacleseach of said cardcarriers consisting of integral top, bottom and rearend walls, apertures in one of said walls and the rear end wall, and acheck-strap inserted through said apertures in the carriers and havingits ends secured to the walls of the case and a deal-card adapted to beconcealed in said case and adapted to receive the number of the deal.

7. A card-carrier adapted to receive one of the hands in the game ofrotative whist, said card-carrier having integral top, bottom and rearend walls, said rear end Wall being relatively shorter than the width ofsaid top and bottom walls, of a strip of non-elastic material securedlongitudinally of said card-carrier and having a free end adapted formanual engagement, and a check-strap having its middle part secured tothe said carrier and its end portions adapted to be secured in the wallsof the receptacle into which said carrier may be inserted.

8. A skeleton card-pocket adapted to receive one of the hands of cardsin the game of rotative whist, said card-pocket having top and bottomwalls, integral end walls connecting the same, apertures in said endwalls, a card-carrier adapted to be movably secured in said skeletoncard-pocket said card-carrier comprising top and bottom walls a rear endwall integral therewith, said rear end wall being notched on each sideof said carrier, a

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